6) And in all these matters, we have encountered them. How can you, with an open heart, accept slanderous speech from foolish individuals who wander aimlessly like nomads? How can you consider it as absolute testimony and hold onto it, disregarding your fellow in matters of Torah and both biblical and rabbinic commandments, to the point of aligning with heretics and sectarians who, by definition, bring down and do not uplift?
It is well known and widely acknowledged that this generation is a generation of falsehood and deceit. Yet, despite this, they hold positions of leadership in Israel, and each one is honored by disgracing their colleague and teacher, whom they have set as their target. This, they claim, is the light of Torah. And in my night-time missions and days, I have served the Torah, so that it will not be forgotten from Israel to the best of my abilities.
But you have poured scorn, treating Torah scholars with contempt and humiliation, treating them like worthless vessels without any value. And all those who do evil are good in your eyes, and you honor them more than the Torah scholars. Through false rumors that you have spread, you have degraded Torah scholars in the eyes of all who see them, to the point where they have reached a much lower status.
The common people boast about themselves, saying, "Fortunate are we, how good is our portion, and our lot is more pleasant than those who stand in the house of God at night." They seek to fulfill what is said: "And if you despise My statutes, if your soul abhors My ordinances" (Leviticus 26:15). Just as the revered Rambam stated in the laws of Torah study.